platform car


noun
  1. a railroad freight car having no enclosing sides or top; a flatcar.

Origin of platform car

1
An Americanism dating back to 1835–45

Words Nearby platform car

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How to use platform car in a sentence

  • The band from its station on a platform car boomed "Hail to the Chief," the engine whistle screaming an obligato.

  • On the platform car he found the soldiers and their commander sitting silent and unconcerned as before.

  • On the platform car he found the soldiers and their commander sitting silent and imconcerned as before.

    The Denver Express | A. A. Hayes
  • The boiler of the Tom Thumb was built of gun barrels and shaped like a huge bottle standing upright upon a simple platform car.

    How to Become an Engineer | Frank W. Doughty
  • He had a rifled cannon mounted on a platform car, with which he expected to do great execution.

    Campfire and Battlefield | Rossiter Johnson